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 1076 Notice for hearing on identity petition. Contest. Hearing and decree. PUBLI C AD- MINISTRATOR. Post, p. 1083. 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II . CH. 127 . FEBRUARY 27, 1933 . Notice of the time and place for the hearing of said etit ion must be g iven by the cler k by pos ting not ices the reof in tree or m ore public places in the Canal Zone at least ten days prior to the date fixed by the clerk for said hearing. WHO MAY CONT EST PETI TION .-At any, time before the date fixed for such hearing any person interested in said property may answer said petition and deny any of the matters contained therein. HEARING AND D EC R E E .-At the time fixed for such hearing or such time thereafter as may be fixed by the court, the court must hear the proofs offered by the petitioner, and of any person an swer ing the same and must make a decree conformable to the proofs. Such decree shall have the same force and effect as decrees entered in accordance with the provisions of chapters 23 to 36 of this code. CHAPTER 35 .-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR CROSS REFERENCE Public administrator as guardian, see section 975. SEC. 938. PU BL IC ADMINISTRATOR ; APPOINTMENT .-There shall be in the Canal Zone a public administrator appointed by the Governor of the Panama Canal. Esta tes admi nist ered SEC. 939. WHAT ESTATES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY PUB LIC AD MINI S- by. TRATOR.-The public administrator must take charge of the estates of persons dying within the Canal Zone, or who, dying elsewhere, leave estates in the Canal Zone, as follows : 1 . Of the estate of decedents for which no administrators or exec- utors are a ppointed, and which, in consequence thereof, may be wasted, uncared for, or lost ; 2 . Of the estate of decedents who have no known heirs ; 3 . Of the estates ordered into his hands by-the court ; an d, 4. Of the - estates upon which letters of administration or letters testamentary have been issued to him by the court. Estateslessthan$150. SEC. 940. ESTATES LESS THAN $150.-Whenever the public adminis- trator shall file with the clerk of the district court a statement that the value of any estate, of which he has taken charge, is less than $150, there shall be no regular administration on such estate unless additional estate be found or discovered ; a nd t he p ubli c ad mini stra - tor may pay out such funds to the creditors, heirs, or other persons legally entitled thereto. SEC. 941. BURIAL EXPENSES OF DECEASED PERsoNS .--Whenever the public administrator takes possession of the estate of a deceased per- son, as provided in section 939, and the method of the defrayal of the expense of the burial of said deceased is not otherwise provided for by law or by the rules, agreement, or death benefits of any order or lodge to which the deceased may at the time of his death belong, or with which he may have been affiliated, the ~publ b administrator may, in order to defray the proper expenses of the burial of the body Petition to sell prop- of the deceased and the expenses of the last illness, apply to the erty, etc ., to defray. judge of the district court for an order permitting the public adin n- istrator to summarily sell any personal property belonging to the deceased, and to withdraw any money that the deceased may have on deposit with any bank, and to collect any indebtedness or claim that may be owing to or due the deceased. No notice of the application need be given and no fee shall be charged by the clerk of the court or the public administrator for the filing of said application, or for any duty or service of the clerk or- public administrator or his attorney connected therewith. Appointment. Burial expenses. Not ice unne cess ary ; no fee chargeable.